People who've met ONLINE FRIENDS, what made you Instantly REGRET IT? - Reddit Podcast

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[karotts]

I was about 12 and it was my first time meeting an online friend. He came to pick me up in his car. I got in. We introduced ourselves and he drove us to an isolated area by the lake. No other people, barely any lights. He turned off the car and turned to me. It got real quiet. He leaned in real close and said: what would you do if i decided to take advantage of you right now?. Only at that moment did I realize how dangerous this situation was. He said: Exactly, you have no escape plan. He turned on the car and drove me home. I don't remember much about him but thank him for that lesson. It could have been a horror story.

[shrdsfglss]

that 12 year old that met the 17 year old was gambling his innocence and got extremely lucky

[SAmy]

The second story was wholesome.
What a nice teen, 😭

[oomi]

Story 5 was incredibly disturbing and honestly made me nauseated. I can’t tell if that creepy woman just wanted to be a mother with the OP, or if the true situation was much worse than that…

[nyokopuppet]

Opposite of the prompt, I got a story that actually turned out well. As a hobby in college I would write adventure/comedy kpop fanfiction. I often replied to comments from my readers on the website and sometimes chatted back and forth becoming online friends, this was the case with one reader I'll call Spiral. At the end of my multichaptered comedy, Spiral reached out to me, to gush about my story. I managed to get along with Spiral and we talked about bands we both liked and other stories in my queue. I eventually asked Spiral to beta-read my newest story so I could work out the kinks before releasing it. About 5 months into the new story, a huge kpop festival was happening a few states away and despite being in vastly distant states, Spiral and I both bought tickets and flew out to the festival. Neither of us had met anyone in person who we met online first and were nervous AF. We met at the entrance gate for the festival, looked at each other and said nothing. Two nervous socially awkward young adults who only talked through a kpop fanfiction website, now face to face. Thankfully my partner was with me at the time and asked, "so are you gonna talk about the next chapter or what?" We both managed to laugh and instantly clicked. It's like every conversation we had online melded into in person conversations. We eventually found out we had more in common than just kpop, and bonded over so much more. We eventually made it a point to meet up at the festival every year. We still chat online, neither of us anle to afford the festival anymore but we collaborate on other creative projects outside of fanfiction, we're actually both artists, and they're one of my all time best friends both IRL and online.

[Warune]

Opposite of the prompt, 16 years ago I joined a random raid in WoW. And I immediately loved this cooky fun bunch of people, especially their guild leader. We would talk alot and eventually developed a relationship. Flew out to Vegas to visit for her birthday. Had a blast. Over the years things kinda petered out and we decided to remain friends, eventually moved into our own place with the main tank (her now husband). They had a kid 4 years ago so now im an unofficial uncle that helps with the kiddo and I absolutely love the little one. The other core members who remained over the last 16 years are also her aunts and uncles.
Some people told me I can't make friends online, I made an entire 2nd family out of my BC guild.

[Lightfyre]

I met this girl on a forum many years ago and we were close friends for a long time and always talked about meeting up in person one day because we lived in the same state. But we never did manage to meet up because it was a three hour drive betwen us and there were transportation issues for both of us. However, I recently discovered some things about her that make me glad we never met up. She was dating someone else on the forum who confided in me after their breakup saying that she was emotionally abusive to them and talked shit about me behind my back. She also had fantasies of killing or hurting people she didn’t like, neglected her animals, and allowed her dogs to attack and kill a cat that wandered onto her property (and laughed about it.) There was evidence that her ex was telling me the truth, so I cut contact with that girl.

[NoGrayArea]

I met a girl on discord who was unbelievably beautiful. we talked, got to know each other and by the end of the first 6 months, we both developed a crush on each other. we even made plans to meet up. turns out, she has borderline personality disorder. not like she could help it, but she made my life hell.

[mariaastin]

Just... Keep your online friends as online friends😂

[mariahs]

I’ve met an online friend at the airport since she had a connecting flight at and I don’t regret it at all (well, maybe I still regret screaming a bit because I was really excited)! We had gifts for each other, shared stories, and had Starbucks! I was surprised to find out she is shorter than me since her webcam made her look tall! All around a fun time and we’re hoping we can hang out in person again <3

[shiny-collector-silver]

Kinda opposite of this but I wanted to say this.
I met a friend who had the same interests as me and we began talking. He's been there for me when I had rough times in life and he's still my friend. He's actually the reason I've opened up to people and why I'm relaxed now when I talk about life. He's practically been my best friend for 2 years now.

[Marthe_amethyst]

I had an online friend who was very friendly at first and we became really good friends. we videochatted sometimes and I knew kinda a lot about her. Never met her in person tho. She was depressive, and I tried to help her as much as I could.

She ended up claiming me and manipulating me by saying "if you leave me, I'll kill myself". I became depressive myself because I put all time I could in this friendship to get hate back because I wasn't online during classes in school.

Some irl friends saw how I changed and convinced me blocking her. Now I'm feeling better but sometimes I miss the good times.

I had a lot of good friends online too, but I don't trust people very fast. It's okay, just talking casually, no personal stories. I watch out a little more.
Never hold on to a manipulating friend. Put on your own oxygen mask first. :))

Take care, everyone.
xx

[PerciusLive]

Ive had great online friends but the worst is always when they end so quickly. You find someone you click with really well on the surface level but once you get to know them better, you realize that youre too different and just drift apart. Even when you put effort to find some common ground they dont reciprocate and then you lose a friend who you shared great memories with

[aleeshagilbert]

I don't regret meeting them, quite the opposite actually, but I was on an online RP game with dragons and stuff, and I went to the throne room to ask someone a random question. How many armpits does a dragon have? My friend, Cabbagemaster, responded by starting a conversation that lasted two hours or so. We first debated whether they had two or four and settled on four after a long argument about genetic possibilities and relations. Next, we debated if dragons could exist, if they were insects, reptiles, or quadrupedal mammals like a platypus. Eventually, we wandered into whether they were the offspring of Echidna, the mother of all monsters in Greek mythology and wrapped up the conversation at our original topic due to the implausibility of fire breathe, and because I had to leave. Actually, I think the conversation went on from 4 pm or so to 7. I had to leave for dinner. This was three years ago and the best online friend I ever made. We don't talk much anymore, but definitely my most memorable friendship.

[AuntKiki]

Last summer, May 2022, I met the guy I had been dating for 2 and 1/2 years at that point. I traveled from my home to fly out of Canada, flew into England, took the train to his town. The whole time I traveled I kept having to bring my heart rate down because I worried about what he could end up being like, if he even showed up at all. Or if I got lost and had no way to contact him or worse things. Even though I had plenty of people who knew where I was and how to help me, I was worried that he could turn out to be the complete opposite of the man I knew. I had ups and downs of regretting the whole trip but when I got off the train and he and I saw each other, we hugged as tight as we could; I found out later that he was about ready to fall backwards from my hug but didn't care; no regrets after that and I can't wait to go back.

[moonscorchedd]

i have an online friend i met almost 5 years ago, on a Discord server. we met up this past September, they took me to the local county fair, we chilled at their house and drew stuff together afterwards, and overall we had a blast. the worst thing about meeting up the first time was having to endure the wait until we could meet up again!

[b.h.]

I pretty much experienced the opposite. I met a girl who I had been friends with for about two years and she was visiting my country by chance, so we decided to meet up. I was a bit worried because she was 8 years older than me and thought that the age and cultural differences might make things a bit awkward. Turns out I was worried for nothing. We instantly clicked and had an amazing day together. It was honestly hard to say goodbye that day and I hope we can do it again soon.

[RandomBreakfast]

The second story was so nice I loved it

[OriginalAustinOblivion]

So when I was in training for the army, I saw this crackhead tomboy who was very cute on my instagram feed. I added her, thinking she was in a different training company. We never spoke about army things and just shot the crap about random IRL people things. One day I am venting about a drill, and she's like "wait, that drill?" "I WAS IN THE SAME FORMATION 🤣" Oh no... xD I flirted with her constantly, but I hadn't seen her due to my inactively in the schoolhouse, status, aka an Inact. She and I clicked from the beginning when I would kinda flirt aggressively, in such a chaotic way. I regretted it when she graduated and I still wasnt in the school house. Fast forward 6 months, I am in the schoolhouse. Another 3. I graduated said schoolhouse. They put me, where she was born. She has family here so there was an excuse to come see me and visit family. We started dating. Uhm 👉👈 Now she's my beautiful wife. Regret turned to pure and unadulterated happiness cuz AINT NOTHING GONNA BREAK MY STRIDE, NOBODY'S GONNA SLOW ME DOWN, OH NO! xD

She regrets it because she thought she was leaving El-Paso 🤣

[BuzzardPlanet]

I’ve met two online friends before and don’t regret either time. The first one I have since fallen out with and don’t talk to anymore but I still had a good time when he was here. Second time was with someone I am still good friends with to this day and hope to meet her again eventually